Decoration gives every garden a very personal touch. If you want to make your own garden decorations, think about what you could do with old household items. Upcycling has been very trendy for several years and has also established itself as a way of life. Up-cycling gives old products a higher value!
Make your own garden decorations
Repurpose an old cheese grater
Every old item has at least 20 other uses and can be easily repurposed. Today we show you some inspiration on how toold kitchen utensilsbreathe new life and integrate them into the garden decoration.
Garden decoration doesn't have to be expensive. Sometimes just a walk through the flea market or a treasure hunt in your own home can help you discover a piece that you can breathe new life into. The kitchen grater, for example, doesn't look very attractive at first glance, but it is very versatile.
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An old kitchen grater can be converted into a charming lampshade in no time. With their various openings and perforations, the kitchen helpers exude interesting light patterns and are a real eye-catcher.
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In order to build a lamp from old kitchen utensils, you need to have a little experience with electricity and know how, for example, to connect several light bulb sockets into a common connection.
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Please also note that a special protection class is required for outdoor lamps. IP protection shows how well a luminaire is protected against the ingress of water. It is best to get a cable with an IP 44 socket that is suitable for use in the garden.
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Building a unique lamp from kitchen graters requires more effort and additional tools such as metal drills. If you don't actually want to build a lamp, you can simply use the kitchen helpers as tea light holders.
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No matter whether it is conventional tea lights or aTealight with LED bulbThis idea is ideal for table decoration at the next garden party. For an even more interesting effect, the kitchen graters can be arranged in groups on a tray.
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With aold kitchen slicerwould give your garden decoration a charming vintage look. But if you don't like the metal look of the cheese grater, you can simply give it a new coat of paint in a popular color.
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If the grater is attached to the wall with the bottom opening facing upwards, it can quickly be converted into a container for kitchen utensils or cut or silk flowers. Instead of in a pot, the herbs can be planted in a small homemade bag and then placed directly in the kitchen grater planter.
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The old kitchen grater is particularly useful as a holder for kitchen utensils. You can even hang a towel at the bottom of the handle. The grater can be screwed onto an old cutting board and not mounted directly on the wall.
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Wind chimes are always a good idea for garden decoration, especially if they are homemade. The moving ensembles can easily remain in the garden all year round if they are put together from the right materials. Since the cheese graters are usually made of rust-proof, polished stainless steel, they are perfect for this.
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The owl figures fascinate young and old and can be made in a variety of ways. This owl was put together from simple materials and is a real eye-catcher for any garden.
The following materials and tools are required:
- 1 square grater made of stainless steel
- two baby food jar lids
- 2 beer mats
- Spraylack in Silber
- 2 black buttons that are almost as big as the beer mats
- a small metal spring
- a small twig that fits into the spring
- a piece of gold-colored soft metal such as aluminum (e.g. from a soda can)
- Wire for attaching the eyes (thin enough to go through the holes of the buttons)
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Drill two small holes in the baby bottle lid. These should correspond to the holes in the buttons. Spray the lids with the silver spray paint and allow to dry. Cut a V shape out of the gold-colored metal - then hide the arms behind the eyes. Position the metal piece and drill two holes through the metal into the grater. These openings should line up with one of the holes for each eye.
Cut an 8cm piece of wire and bend it into a “U”. Thread the two ends of the wire through the holes in the button, then through the beer mats and finally through the glass lids. Thread the ends of the wire through the holes in the gold-colored beak and secure them on the inside of the grater by twisting them.
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Using needle-nose pliers, bend the handle of the grater to create the owl's ears. Cut the metal spring into the appropriate length. Roll the small feather feet into one of the openings of the grater on either side and carefully push the branch through the feathers. The branch would then rotate the spring feet in a horizontal direction. And done!
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Hanging baskets are a beautiful indoor and outdoor decoration. They showcase plants in a targeted manner and save space because they can be easily hung anywhere. Making your own hanging basket from an old metal vegetable sieve is child's play.
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For hanging, you can use S-hooks or simply tie the cords around the handles. Cut a piece of fleece to the appropriate size and place it in the sieve. Now fill the hanging basket with soil, insert the flowers, fill with soil and water everything.
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Hanging plants are usually planted in a hanging basket. If the sieve is used as a table decoration, then you can choose low-growing succulents. They are super easy to care for and impress with their interesting leaf shapes.
Hanging floral decorationout offunnels
Old funnels can also easily be converted into hanging pots. Due to the small size of the funnel, there is usually only room for one small plant. But you can use it to create interesting compositions.
Lanterns offwine glasses
Discarded red wine glasses are given new honor here: the lanterns are a beautiful eye-catcher and create a great atmosphere in the garden. The feet of the glasses are inserted into the ground. This creates a small island of light in the lawn.
Ladle andWhiskas a tealight holder
Pretty much anything can be used as a tea light holder. Now people recognize the decorative value of old soup ladles and whisks and transform them into beautiful decorations for inside and outside. If necessary, you can bend the semicircular scoop so that the tea light lies horizontally.
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Some really cool things can be made from old cutlery, such as jewelry, tea towel holders, coat hooks, wind chimes, garden stakes and much more. A lot of force is required to bend the cutlery pieces. You can use a vice to help.
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Some projects also require a little more skill and the safe use of welding equipment, such as this butterfly made of spoons. The handles of the four spoons were sawn off and the spoon handles were brought together to form a butterfly shape. It was then soldered to a steel rod. A long screw in the middle of the spoon forms the butterfly body.
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Multiple pendant lights in a group immediately create visual interest. A bundle of spoon lamps like this is then perfect over the outdoor dining area. However, more spoons are needed for this project.
Garden decoration yourselfmake– Miniature fairy garden
Fairy gardens are very popular and fascinate young and old. These are miniature landscapes that are usually populated with fairies and other lucky creatures. To design such a garden, you can also consider incorporating old kitchen items into the landscape as details.
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Decorative towers made of pots offer a space-saving idea for creative garden decorations. In this variant, however, no clay pots were used, but rather old cooking pots. They were strung onto an iron rod stuck in the ground and planted.
OnePan becomes a clock
A ruined pan can be converted into a wall clock for the patio in no time. To do this, a hole must be drilled through the pan. You can buy a cheap watch movement individually online.
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The bottom of a used pan is certainly not pretty. If you want, you can of course brighten them up using various creative techniques. If you don't know the napkin technique, you can simply get creative with paint and a brush.
Birdhouseout ofan old porcelain teapot
Birdhouses are also a must. You can use old dishes for this. Instead of drilling a new opening, you can simply hang the teapot with the spout facing down.
Tower of dishesfora shabby chic garden
A tower of dishes in the sink is a nightmare, but these towers look good in the garden. They look very decorative and are perfect for a shabby chic style garden. Try it yourself!
